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They wanted their country to be fairer. They ended up with a colonel in charge
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Men with guns now run the country

The young activists trying to rebuild a nation

Pressure from America and its allies can prevent a return to fighting

Air power, full-on invasion, arming the opposition: the result is usually the same, writes Philip Gordon

Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, watches an American-led effort to fight jihadism

Bloodied and exiled, the Decembrists failed. But they made a start